jAlbum/Preferences

These are the program settings. These settings will change the behaviour of the program and will be applied to all album projects. OSV OSV......

General

On this page you can change the general program settings.

• Language: You can change the language, jAlbum is translated to many different languages but note that the skin settings might not be translated since the interface for the skin settings is created by the skin developers.
• Look and feel: You can also change the Look and feel of the user interface. By default you will have the Look and feel of your OS.
• Number of Threads: You can change the Number of Threads, this setting determines how many images and slide pages that will be processed simultaneously. Read more about this here.
• Logging level: You can also change the logging level, which controls the level of details in error messages. If you get error messages and need support, it's great if you can change the logging level and send us a more details error report. ???
• Check for updates: When this checkbox is ticked you will get a pop up when you start jAlbum telling you to update if you are not using the most recent version of jAlbum.
• Show warning dialogs:
• Display thumbnails in file chooser:
• Remember last window position and size:
• Save backups of album projects:
• Show tip of the day:
• Use jAlbum’s integrated browser:
• Close progress dialog when done:

Album

On this page you will find program settings for the albums.

• When adding files: You can choose what jAlbum shall do when you are adding new files to the program, the options are ask, copy or link. Ask is the default state, but if you know that you are always linking the images or always copying it might be a good idea to change it so that you don't have to answer that question every time you are adding new images to jAlbum. You can read more about copying and linking here.
• You can also change the location of the folder My Albums, this is the folder that contains all the album projects on your computer.
• You can also add and remove illegal characters, just press Restore to get the default settings back.
• You can choose to Clean old output files on make all, Synchronize output directory, Cache thumbnails, turn on and off Video support, Allow local flash preview and Keep track of files copied from memory cards. MER INFO OM VARJE INSTÄLLNING?

Settings specific for the skin are Use layout hints and to Restore previous settings. MER INFO...

A settings specific for image editing is Write xmp metadata to files. MER INFO....

Publishing

• This is the program settings that is concerning publishing. You can choose what jAlbum shall do after the album has been published, open published album or do nothing. open published album the default setting.
• You can choose to Include high-res images for print and backup, a folder called hi-res will be included in the uploaded album containing all images in high resolution.
• Include the lifeboat file includes a zip file in the uploaded album containing a back-up of your album settings.
• The setting Max simultaneous transfers is by default set to 8. If you for example get memory problems it might be a good idea to try and lower it to 4.
• Under advances you will find Use zip streaming when available, this setting helps speed up the transferring by transferring the whole album as one compressed file.
• And under paranoia you have the option to Encrypt manifest file, this setting prevents album viewers from inspecting the manifest file and in that way list your published files.

Advanced

On this page you will find the advanced program settings.

• You can configure the proxy host and port.
• The Compatibility mode can make older skins work, but it requires more RAM memory.
• Attempt to use native file dialogs and Unify image color model to RGB or ABGR can also be turn on and off here. MER INFO!
• You can also see a list of the supported video formats, the list can be edited.